Lyonville crime rate and Crime Score · Victoria
Lyonville is a suburb in the Hepburn council area of Victoria (about 17,011 residents in the council). The council has a Crime Score 39 out of 100 (low), 253rd of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by homicide (98th percentile), break-ins (56th percentile), sexual offences (44th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 40.
In 2024-25: violent 529 per 100,000 (-13% vs five years earlier); property 3,515 per 100,000 (+14% vs five years earlier); break-ins 617 per 100,000 (-12% vs five years earlier); theft 1,905 per 100,000 (+41% vs five years earlier). For violent crime that is 67th of 79 Victoria councils with data, highest first.
Unemployment in the Hepburn council area is 4% (Victoria 5%), Census, 10 August 2021. Social housing makes up 1.8% of occupied homes (88 public and 34 community-housing dwellings at the 2021 Census; Victoria 2.5%). An estimated 39 people were homeless on Census night 2021, 23.5 per 10,000 residents (Victoria 47.1), apportioned from ABS Statistical Area Level 2 counts. 15.3% of residents were born overseas (Victoria 31.6%), most often in England, New Zealand, Netherlands. Modelled estimates for 2026-27, not measurements: unemployment about 4.5% (confidence 77 of 100); social housing about 1.6% of homes; about 23.1 homeless people per 10,000 residents; about 15.5% born overseas. Confidence falls with distance from the last published figure, and the map's Estimates toggle shows every year back to 1994-95.
Victoria publishes crime statistics by council area, not by suburb, so the figures shown for Lyonville are those of the Hepburn council area.
Figures are for 2024-25, the latest year Victoria has published; some other states have released 2025-26.
| Offences | Per 100,000 | Count | 5-yr change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent | 529 | 90 | -13% |
| Property | 3,515 | 598 | +14% |
| Break-ins | 617 | 105 | -12% |
| Theft | 1,905 | 324 | +41% |
Hepburn council area: full statistics · Interactive map of every council.
Crime in postcode 3461: every suburb and council it covers.
Questions
Is Lyonville safe?
Victoria publishes crime figures by council area, not by suburb. Lyonville is in the Hepburn council area, which recorded 529 violent offences per 100,000 residents in 2024-25, about 50% lower than the Victoria rate (1,060) and about 57% lower than the national rate (1,220). These are offences recorded by police per resident: they describe the area as a whole, not the risk on any particular street, and places with a busy centre record more because offences are counted where they happen.
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